Ambiguity in file handling from Digest, Vol 157, Issue 23

[Geert Janssens]

On Thursday 14 April 2016 12:20:38 Robert Kesterson wrote:
> In the hypothetical scenario, if two users are both using GnuCash with
> a database back end, does the file lock even come into play?  The two
> users could both on separate machines with separate installations and
> separate connections.   Unless there is a "file lock" flag in the
> database, they could both be merrily writing to the database,
> completely unaware of the existence of the other user.   Is there
> such a flag?

There is. In case of the database backend the lock in in a table in the 
database, not a file somewhere on the file system.

Regards,

Geert